Boo to the thread title. Fallout3 is no where near as harsh as a lot of recent games. An 8800GTS 640MB is an original 8800 - which would mean that card is two years old. It may have never been cooling properly and finally fried. How often did you blow dust out of it?
Actually I had one of those cards (believe it or not) up until two months ago. It was an original - so almost two years old. I bought a GTX 260 and the performance difference was AMAZING. A lot of what I had read about it indicated it wouldn't have been so drastic but the 640MB 8800GTS were a whole lot different the the 8800's that came out later.
I also have a Antec 900 case. It's a little bit tight - but I love it. My only fear is if the top fan goes out. You have to order a new one from Antec. I also tried pulling it out once to clean the fins of and getting to it didn't seem possible. With the 900 case there's a few other features missing that kind of depress me - and cable management is a pain in the rear with that case. It's still one heck of a good case with probably the best airflow of all cases.
Fallout3: I played for a long time past 20 and finally finished the main quest line. I was so PISSED at the ending of the game I haven't touched it since. Up until that - I was in love with the game.
My issue with my new Antec 900 is with the motherboard I bought... the power switch wire was just BARELY long enough (I bought an extender)... and yes.. wire management is pretty hard (I am not an organized person anyway lol)... but with as many fans as is in it... it is a very nice case.
reply to Reno Yeah, well... Of all the recent great looking games, Fallout 3 is very ugly, but is probably the best game of the year.
Sure, I can burn down forests in Far Cry 2, kill South Africans, and then come back and kill the same people again and burn down the same forests... But it ain't the same.
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